title: Prognostic value of semen analyses in infertility evaluation (male fertility/life-table analysis).
abstract: The aim of the present study was to evaluate which of the various parameters of semen analysis that are most significantly related to the obtainment of pregnancy. A follow up questionnaire was sent to 1953 couples, who had been examined for infertility, and 1,480 (76%) replied. We focused on 713 of these couples, in whom the female partner had a normal fertility set-up (potentially fertile). This study suggests that sperm vitality and sperm concentration bear the most significant relation to pregnancy. Evaluation of a couple's fertility potential by means of the life-table method shows a gradual increase in the pregnancy rate of all couples, irrespective of semen quality, during a observation period of 10 years. The pregnancy rate after 5 years was 14% in a group with reduced semen quality and 44% in a group with normal semen quality.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Aalberg Hospital, Denmark.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kjaergaard
authors.forename: B B
authors.initials: BB
authors.lastname: Mortensen
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Hostrup
authors.forename: J G
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Lauritsen
mesh_terms: D002470:Cell Survival; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007246:Infertility / Q000175:diagnosis*; D007248:Infertility, Male / Q000175:diagnosis; D008297:Male; D011247:Pregnancy; D011379:Prognosis; D012661:Semen / Q000166:cytology*; D013076:Sperm Count; D013094:Spermatozoa / Q000166:cytology